Adjustable wall post



June 18, 1929. H, ANDERSON 1,717,906

ADJUSTABLE WALL POST Filed Dec. 1-926 June 18, 1929.

SLATES GUSTAVE HILDING- ANDERSON, OF NEVJ' BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TD THE HART 65 HUTCHINSON COIVIFANY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORA- TIOH OF CQIINECTICUT.

ADJUSTABLE WALL POST.

Application filed December 6, 1926.

This invention relates to building constructions, and more particularly to an adjustable wall post for supporting a swinging door.

One object of this invention is to provide 5 a wall post of the above nature adapted to support a door in vertical position even though the wall is out of plumb.

A further object is to provide a wall post construction of the above nature comprising a pair of adj ustably connected channelshapcd telcsc ping sections.

A further object is to provide an adjustable wall post of the above nature which will be simple in construction, inexpensive to manu facture, easy to install and manipulate, and very ellicient and durable in use.

With these and other objects in View there has been illustrated on the accompanying drawing one form in which the invention may be conveniently embodied in practice.

Fig. 1 represents a side view of a toilet partition in which a wall post and swinging door have been installed.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side view, partly in section and on an enlarged scale, of the top part of the wall post.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary front view of the same.

Fig. l is a transverse sectional View of the wall post, taken on the line 41-1 of Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring now to the drawings in which lihc reference numerals denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 10 indicates a door which in this instance comprises a single panel. The door 10 has a handle 11 and is provided upon its top and bottom ends with hinge pins 12 and 13, respectively. The hinge pin 12 is of simple construction, while the hinge pin 13 is connected with mechanism, including a spring or gravity-operated cam, for returning the door 10 to its normal closed position utter it has been opened. The door 10 is adapted to swing in the rectangular space within the irame formed by a wall 14, a floor 15, an upright post 16, and a head rail 17, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

G The hinge pins 12 and 13 are adapted to rotate in a pair of angular hinge brackets 18 and 19, the rear vertical arms of said hinge brackets being secured to an outside channel member 20, which is fluted at 21 to receive said rear vertical hinge arms.

Serial No. 153,013.

The outside channel member 20 is telescoped over an inside channel member 22, the latter having a rear vertical base 23 adapted to lie in flat contact with the wall 14 to which it may be secured in any suitable manner, as by screws 24. The sides 25 and ends 26 of the outside channel member 20 are adapted to fit snugly over the sides 27 and ends 28 of the inside channel member 22.

In order to permit the outside channel member 20 to be adj ustcd until it is exactly vertical even though the inside channel member 22 lies in contact with a wall which is more or less out oi. plumb, the inside channel member 22 is provided. with a pair of vertical webs or flanges 29, one of which extends downwardly from the top end 28, the other flange extending upwardly from the bottom end 28 th reof not shown. Each of the flanges 29 is provided with three triangularly-spaced threaded apertures 30, 31, 30, adapted to be in horizontal alinement respectively with three similarly arranged drilled holes 32, 33, 32, in the outside channel member 20.

The adjusting means for each end of the wall post comprises a stop screw 34 and a pair of locking screws 37, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The stop screw 34L is threaded at its inner end in the aperture 31 and its flat end 35 projects outwardly through the drilled hole The screw 34 also has a flange 36 lying in contact with the rearsurface of the front wall of the outside channel member 20. By means ot this construction, the operator, by turning the screw 84 with a screw driver or other suitable tool, may readily adjust the position of the outside channel member 20 with respect to the inside channel member 22 so as to bring said outside channel member exactly into vertical position. l'he locking screws 37 are preferably made with round heads 38 and are adapted. to engage in the threaded holes 30 in the flanges 29 of the insic c channel member After the outside channel member has been adjusted to its proper position, the locking operation may be accomplished merely by turning the screws 87 inwardly as far as they will go.

F or the purpose of more securely holding the outsid channel member 20 in its adjusted vertical position, provision is made of three pairs of set screws 39 located in the side walls 25 of the outside channel member 20, said screws being preferably positioned in the top,

middle, and bottom of said channel section. The set screws 39 are adapted to engage the side walls 27 of the inside channel member 22, and as clearly shown in Figs. 8 and i, the inner ends t0 of said screws 39 are beveled so as to form a more positive bearing surface at the point of engagement with said inner wall.

While there has been disclosed in this specification one form in which the invention may be embodied, it is to be understood that this form is shown for the purpose of illustration only, and that the invention is not to be limited to the specific disclosure but may be modified and embodied in various other forms without departing from its spirit. In short, the invention includes all the modifications and embodiments coming within the scope of the following claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new, and for which it is desired to secure Letters Patent, is:

1. In an adjustable Wall post, a wall-engaging member having upstandingflanges at its edges, an outside member having upstanding flanges at its edges adapted to lie outside the flanges of said wall-engaging member, said Wall-engaging member having an offset Web parallel to the Wall, an adjusting screw engaging saidoutside member and threaded into said web whereby said outside member may be adjusted to vertical position, and a locking screw passing through said outside member and threaded in said web.

2. In an adjustable wall post, a pair of telescoping channel members, one of said members, one of said members being adapted to be secured to a wall in flat contact therewith, said member having a depending web, an adjusting screw threaded into said web and having a flange adapted to seat inside the outside channel member and also having a slotted head extending therethrough, one or more locking screws passing through the outer channel member, said locking screws being 3. In an adjustable wall post, a pair of telescoping channel members, one of said members being adapted to be secured in flat contact with'a wall and having a depending web, means engaging the outside channel member and threaded into said web for moving said outside member to vertical position, means connected with said outside member and engaging said web for locking said outside member in adjusted vertical position.

t. In an adjustable wall post, a pair of telescoping channel members, one of said members being adapted to be secured in fiat contact with a wall and having a depending web, means engaging the outside channel member and threaded into said web for moving said outside member to vertical position, means connected with said outside member and engaging said web for locking said outside member in adjusted vertical position, and means for locking the side flanges of said channel members together.

5. In an adjustable wall post, a wall-engaging member having outstanding flanges at its edges, an outside member having outstanding flanges at its edges adapted to lie outside the flanges of said wall-engaging member, one of said flanges of the wall-engaging member having a web parallel to said wall, an adjusting screw threaded into said web and having a slotted head extending through said outside member, said adjusting screw having a flange engaging the inner surface of said outside member, and means for holding said outside member seated upon said flange.

In testimony whereof, I have affiXed my signature to this specification.

GUSTAVE HILDING ANDERSON. 

